In July, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked Apple, Google and AT&T to answer questions about the non-appearance of Google’s Voice app in the iPhone app store.

When their answers were made public AT&T said it was nothing to do with them while Apple said the app had not been rejected and that they were still investigating it. Google’s answer? That was kept private behind a big fat “REDACTED” label.

“Apple’s representatives informed Google that the Google Voice app was rejected because Apple believed the app duplicated the core dialer function of the iPhone. The Apple representatives indicated that the company did not want applications that could potentially replace such functionality.”

That’s pretty different to Apple’s side of the story. In their FCC submission they claimed:

“Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail.”

So, who is lying? Given Apple’s history of app rejection, it’s easy to side with Google here but we can’t be sure.